"30 years after his debut feature Kicking and Screaming (1995), writer-director Noah Baumbach, having crafted a notable career both in Hollywood and outside of it, has made his softest film yet, and that's not meant as a pejorative. George Clooney stars as a fading movie star who embarks on a European trip to attend a film festival that's planning to gift him a career tribute, using the honor as an excuse to spend time with his unsuspecting, backpacking daughter."
"In addition to the title character, Jay Kelly's manager (Adam Sandler) is also torn between being a workaholic and being a good father, and much of the film's charm comes from the ways in which Sandler's character begrudgingly but loyally babysits his client, often to the detriment of his own marriage. (In a further bit of meta-casting, Sander's wife is played by Baumbach's, filmmaker Greta Gerwig )."
Jay Kelly follows a fading movie star who accepts a European festival tribute as an opportunity to spend time with his backpacking daughter. The film adopts a soft, warm tone and examines parental reflection, aging, and career transition. George Clooney portrays the title character, while Adam Sandler plays his manager, a man pulled between workaholism and the responsibilities of fatherhood. Much of the story's charm arises from the manager begrudgingly babysitting his client to the detriment of his own marriage. Greta Gerwig appears as the manager's wife in a meta-casting choice. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and is now streaming on Netflix.
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